David Muse pointed out the girl in the bikini for all the right reasons – not to ogle but to illustrate a precept of good camera work.

“That tells a story,” photography teacher Muse explained, “about how it’s so hot in Baltimore, she’s walking around the city in a bathing suit.”

The Baltimore Orioles have made a habit out of turning unheralded opposing starters into virtuosos this season.

After one shaky inning, the Orioles did it again Wednesday night, this time to one of their minor league castoffs who couldn’t crack the big league rotation last year.

Two Baltimore men were injured in a shooting early Wednesday, and a third was hurt in a similar incident late Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said.

In the first incident, on the 2300 block of N. Dukeland St. in Northwest Baltimore, a 27-year-old man was shot in both legs shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, but was able run a block to Gwynns Falls Parkway.

The mother of a man who was shot to death by Baltimore County police has filed a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit against six officers and the county government.

Gwendolyn Cann claims officers used excessive force when they fired more than 70 bullets at her 25-year-old son, Taevon Cann. He died on Feb. 29, 2008.

Constellation Energy Group Inc.’s (CEG) Baltimore Gas & Electric said it plans to move forward with an electricity network upgrade that had been the subject of a regulatory tussle.

The utility said the Maryland Public Service Commission approved the project on Friday. A dispute between the utility and the commission had held up the project, imperiling $200 million of federal stimulus money and the 1,650 jobs it was expected to create.

are teaming up to offer three course lunches and dinners at a substantial discount. Now, as Mike Schuh reports, some restaurants in the county wanted in on the idea.

Baltimore’s Summer Restaurant Week officially kicked off Friday on the Morning Edition.

There is a long list of city restaurants participating.

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings Inc., on Thursday announced a 48-hour sale for travel to and from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The fares are available for purchase only through Friday. They are good for travel through Oct. 27 on every day of the week except Sundays.

Continental Structural Plastics has a plant in North Baltimore. Today, the company announced to village leaders it plans to move that operation to Indiana.

After some 30 years of operation, under different names and owners, the plant may close its doors for good. North Baltimore Council President Tony Damon has lived in the area most of his life. He explains Continental Structural Plastics is an auto parts supplier, making molded injection parts at the facility.

It didn’t take long for the hiring of manager Buck Showalter to make an impact. The woebegone Orioles were 32-73 with losses in 14 of their previous 17 games when the Buckaroo replaced interim skipper Juan Samuel.

And bingo.

The Orioles immediately swept three games from the Angels before winning three of four from the White Sox. Suddenly, the No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft again appears to be in play.

“I know a lot of people have asked: `Why? Why Baltimore?’” said Showalter, who walked away from an analyst job at ESPN. “You miss the exhilarating feeling of competing for a common cause with a group of men and women.

The Baltimore Orioles have recalled catcher Craig Tatum from Triple-A Norfolk, a move that provides manager Buck Showalter another position player on a thin bench.

Tatum’s addition on Monday gives Baltimore four reserve position players. One of them is Jake Fox, a utility infielder who was the only backup catcher on the team before Tatum’s arrival.

Showalter said the addition of Tatum “is comforting.”